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Hun definition

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(offensive slang) Used as a disparaging term for a German, especially a German soldier in World War I.
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A member of a warlike Asian people that, led by Attila and others, invaded E and central Europe in the 4th and 5th cent. a.d.
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A barbarous or destructive person.
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A member of a group of Central Asian nomadic pastoralist peoples who invaded Europe in the fourth and fifth centuries ad and were defeated in 455.
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Any savage or destructive person; vandal.
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The ISO 3166-1 three-letter (alpha-3) code for Hungary.
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A member of a nomadic tribe, the Huns, most likely of Turkic origin, which invaded Europe in the fourth century from Central Asia.
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(figuratively) A vandal, a barbarian, an uncivilized destructive person.
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(slang, derogatory, UK) A German (popular in the media since World War I)
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(slang, derogatory, UK, Ireland) A Protestant.
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The definition of a Hun is a savage, particularly one of the 4th and 5th century Asian invaders of Europe lead by Attila, or an endearing nickname people use for each other.

1. An example of a hun is a destructive soldier.

2. An example of hun is what a man may call his wife.

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Noun

Singular:
hun
Plural:
huns

Origin of hun

  • From Late Latin Hunnī the Huns from Turki Hunyü

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Late Latin Hunnus, apparently ultimately from Turkic Hun-yü, the name of a tribe (they were known in China as (Hsiungnu)).

    From Wiktionary

Hun Sentence Examples

  • Under the Hun tyranny, which lasted till the overthrow of the White Huns on the Oxus by the Turks (c. 565), native dynasties had survived, or new ones had established themselves.

  • Richard did hun homage or Leinster, engaging to hold it as a palatine earldom, and not .o claim the name or rights of a king.

  • Gudrun eggs on Sorli and Hamdir or Hamtheow, her two sons by her third husband, Jonakr the Hun, to avenge their sister.

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